Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine

MARCH 28, 2025

METHODS:Participants were followed from randomization in October 2013 to September 2023 to ascertain MACE, testing for CHD, and changes in risk factors. The primary outcome was time to first MACE, defined as cardiovascular death, nonfatal myocardial infarction, coronary revascularization, and nonfatal stroke. 48% male).

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Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Current smoker, hypertension, heart failure, previous myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular disease, CysC, and NT-proBNP were selected as independent risk factors for AKI. The risk prediction model was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC), calibration curve, and decision curve analysis (DCA).Results220

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 3, 2017

Electrocardiographic Manifestations: Acute posterior wall myocardial infarction. Posterior myocardial infarction: the dark side of the moon. New electrocardiographic criteria for posterior wall myocardial ischemia validated by percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty model of acute myocardial infarction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2023

associated typical Myocardial Infarction therapies such as statins and ACE inhibitors with significantly decreased 1 year mortality in MINOCA patients, which suggests that they do indeed have a similar pathophysiology to MI patients with obstructive coronary disease. MINOCA I do not have the bandwidth here to write a review of MINOCA.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 18, 2013

Acute Myocardial Infarction Due to Left Circumflex Artery Occlusion and Significance of ST-Segment Elevation. Incidence Incidence, angiographic features and outcomes of patients presenting with subtle ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Figure-1: I've labeled the initial ECG from this June 18, 2013 post.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

AUGUST 9, 2019

At the bottom of the post, I have re-printed the section on aVR in my article on the ECG in ACS from the Canadian Journal of Cardiology: New Insights Into the Use of the 12-Lead Electrocardiogram for Diagnosing Acute Myocardial Infarction in the Emergency Department Case 1. Widimsky P et al. O'Gara PT, Kushner FG, Ascheim DD, et al.

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Dr. S. Venkatesan MD

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Anderson ML, Peterson ED, Peng SA, Differences in the profile, treatment, and prognosis of patients with cardiogenic shock by myocardial infarction classification: A report from NCDR. 2013 Nov;6(6):708-15. Epub 2013 Nov 12. PMID: 35743628; PMCID: PMC9224589. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes. doi: 10.1161/CIRCOUTCOMES.113.000262.

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Stroke Journal

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

We performed a systematic review to understand the acute risk factors having health service contact within 90 days before incident strokes.Methods:PubMed, Embase and Scopus were searched for studies within last 10 years (2013- September 2022). Studies selected using PRISMA guidelines underwent quality assessment with Newcastle Ottawa scale.

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DAIC

JANUARY 23, 2024

3 Patients with ASCVD are at a higher risk for major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) including heart attack or myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and cardiovascular (CV) death.4 2013;368(21):2004-2013. Published 2013 Apr 4. Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Colchicine after Myocardial Infarction.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 6, 2018

One of our fine interns, Daniel Lee, who is also an ECG whiz, found this paper from 2013 and brought it to my attention: The delayed activation wave in non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction.

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DAIC

MAY 29, 2024

Low-density lipoprotein-cholesterol target attainment according to the 2011 and 2016 ESC/EAS dyslipidaemia guidelines in patients with a recent myocardial infarction: nationwide cohort study, 2013-17. 2016;76(12):1175-90. 7 Allahyari A, et al. Eur Heart J Qual Care Clin Outcomes. 2021;7(1):59-67. J Am Coll Cardiol.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 6, 2019

Only 5-18% of ED patients with chest pain have a myocardial infarction of any kind. This definition was changed following an expert consensus panel in 2013 — so that at the present time, all that is needed to diagnose Brugada Syndrome is a spontaneous or induced Brugada-1 ECG pattern, without need for additional criteria.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In the STEMI/NSTEMI dichotomy, NSTEMI is supposed to mean non-occlusive myocardial infarction, but this patient had transient Occlusion MI that was at risk for re-occlusion (like ‘transient STEMI’). Arch Cardiovasc Dis 2013 Khan AR et al. JAHA 2022 Grosmaitre P et al. Eur Heart J 2017 Driver BE, Shroff GR, Smith SW.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

APRIL 22, 2022

Int J Cardiol 2013 2. ST-elevation myocardial infarction after pharmacologic persantine stress test in a patient with Wellens’ syndrome. Single High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin I to Rule Out Acute Myocardial Infarction. Backus BE, Six AJ, Kelder JC, et al. Shin YS, Ahn S, Kim YJ. Am J Emerg Med 2020 3.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MAY 23, 2023

Available from: [link] Excerpt: "To illustrate the limitations imposed by sample size, recent data from our institution reveal that we identify approximately 225 type I myocardial infarctions (MI) in a typical year.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

Posterior STEMI" may not even technically exist according to the current (2013) ACC/AHA STEMI guidelines, as it is not described as a "STEMI equivalent" and the only relevant statement in the guidelines is: "In addition, ST depression in 2 precordial leads (V1-V4) may indicate transmural posterior injury."

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

New insights into the use of the 12-lead electrocardiogram for diagnosing acute myocardial infarction in the emergency department. Here is the abstract: Background Identification of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is critical because early reperfusion can save myocardium and increase survival.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

DECEMBER 16, 2019

This was formerly an indication for cath lab activation, but was abandoned in the 2013 guidelines because of poor specificity. Here is an algorithm that is very useful in such cases, published by Cai and Sgarbossa in 2013. Excessively discordant STE, as defined by at least 1 mm and with an ST/S ratio of 25% or more.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

OCTOBER 20, 2013

Door to balloon time (DBT) was 96 minutes for 7 patients with ST elevation myocardial infarctions (STEMI) who had CT prior to PCI vs. 75 minutes for 11 patients who did not have CT, p=0.058. This ECG is diagnostic of diffuse subendocardial ischemia. Conclusions: Head CT is common in NT-OHCA.

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EMS 12-Lead

APRIL 2, 2022

He was found diaphoretic and uncomfortable, and verbalizing a prior history of myocardial infarction and that, furthermore, the acute symptoms were identical to that which had been associated with RCA stent placement 4 years prior. Terminal QRS distortion is present in anterior myocardial infarction but absent in early repolarization.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

JUNE 1, 2022

They recorded a third ECG before intervention: No significant difference Angiogram : Impression and Recommendations: Culprit for the patient's non-ST elevation myocardial infarction is a thrombotic occlusion of the mid circumflex Formal Echo Normal left ventricular cavity size, normal wall thickness and normal LV systolic function.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

NOVEMBER 19, 2016

myocardial infarction), arrhythmias, valvular pathology, shunts, or outflow obstructions. N Engl J Med 2003; 348:1756-1763, 5/1/2013. This patient’s severe aortic stenosis (AS) and associated severe cardiogenic shock likely created the ECG pattern, resulting in a very difficult challenge for our inpatient team. Khot, MD; et al.

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Open Heart

APRIL 6, 2022

Background Poor adherence to guideline recommendations for anticoagulation in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) and atrial fibrillation (AF) is previously reported. of 78369) patients registered in the NORMI from 2013 through 2019. Results AF was observed in 8565 (10.9% 95% CI 0.7 95% CI 0.7 p<0.001).

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Open Heart

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Background Since 2000, the definition of myocardial infarction (MI) has evolved with reliance on cardiac troponin (cTn) tests. male), and 96% of cases had linked biomarker data, predominantly conventional cTn at the start and high-sensitive cTn from late 2013. Results There were 37 272 ACS admissions in 30 683 patients (64.2%

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

It could also, given a different clinical context be compatible with a subacute myocardial infarction complicated by post infarct regional pericarditis. Most common cause) 2 ) Post infarct regional pericarditis. Due to the atypical and vague symptoms, the myocardial infarct was not initially diagnosed.

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Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

MARCH 8, 2025

The authors describe a case with some features in common with our patient -- a stressful event followed by a stress cardiomyopathy/acute myocardial infarction overlap syndrome. Acute myocardial infarction: an uncommon complication of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Acute myocardial infarction triggered by emotional stress.

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European Journal of Heart Failure

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Methods and results Out of 2739 native AS patients, who received TAVI at the University of Cologne Heart Center between March 2013 and June 2021, 114 patients displayed pLFLG AS and were included in this study.

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